On the edge of the Qingjiang River, it has become foggy. Standing on the bank and looking to the other bank, it is already foggy.
The patrolling guards wore thick cotton robes lined with armor and were walking along the Qingjiang River.
Su Lu was sitting in a wheelchair, wrapped in a thick cotton robe, accompanied by Su Ping and several generals, looking towards the other side of the river from Jiangling Pier.
Luo Xuan's tone was full of doubts: "Commander Commander, we have occupied Jiangling for a few days. Why haven't Qi's troops arrived yet? Could it be that Qi has taken another route?"
Cao Hua said proudly next to him: "So that General Luo will know that the commander-in-chief has sent out four guards three days ago to search for passable places up and down the Qingjiang River, up to the Tang Kingdom and down to our Han Kingdom.
, there is no such road.”
Su Lu also shook his head: "No one knows what the Qi people are thinking. I have sent all my scouts and Dingxiang guards to cross the river and enter the territory of Dong Qi to gather information. We know too little about the Qi people.
Already."
Wang Si stretched out his hand to build the shed and looked into the distance, looking anxious.
"Commander Commander, since the people of Qi have been defeated, they have not gathered troops on the other side. What kind of trouble are they making?"
Su Lu asked Wang Si in return: "How did you go about searching the Qi people's warehouses? The future food and clothing expenses of the army will only be based on these Qi people's warehouses. The people in Qi's territory will
Opening granaries to store grain also refers to these things."
Wang Si rubbed his hair and said with a smile: "Master Li Ling took me to do this a few days ago. In the past few days, Li Ling has also crossed the river to Dong Qi to spy on intelligence. I don't have a leader, so I can't do this job.
ah."
Su Lu asked Tudun'er behind him and said, "Why is there no news about Niba? We have captured so many places in Qi. Didn't he lead the army to the hinterland of Qi?"
Tudun had a constipated expression on his face: "Niba said there will be news in the next few days. They seem to be doing something big. I don't know the specific situation."
Su Lu was a little annoyed: "Send an order and ask him to come back to see me. It's such a big deal. All the troops are working hard, and his guard camp has disappeared without a trace. It's been how many days since this battle has been fought, but there is no trace of him."
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Saying this, Su Lu looked to the other side: "Send more scouts to spy on Qi to see what the Qi people are doing. There is no response yet. This is a heavy responsibility for losing the land."
Su Lu returned to the camp and discussed the military situation with Luo Xuan for a while. Zhang Er was even more confused. How could Qi Ren react like this? It shouldn't be.
Su Yun came in from the outside, followed by Mingyue and Xiao Si. When he saw Su Lu, Su Yun with red eyes said loudly:
"Brother, you have to give me more food. Qi people are so pitiful."
Su Lu glanced at Su Yun: "Have we met another miserable family today? There is a limit to how sad you can be for others. Qi people are miserable, why don't we save them?"
Su Yun's eye circles turned red again.
"You don't know, brother, the Yun family is in such a miserable state. All six sons were sent to serve in the army. All four daughters were widowed after getting married. None of them has come back. The family is so poor that they can't even blame the five-year-old child.
They are not as tall as the three-year-old children in our Han Dynasty."
Su Lu gave Xiao Si a color, and Xiao Si quickly went out to get a handkerchief and wiped Su Yun's tears.
Xiaosi's eyes were also red, "Your Majesty, the Qi people are so miserable. Today there is a family whose daughter-in-law was married from the other side of the Qingjiang River. They were eating steamed buns given by the young lady. The daughter-in-law also begged the young lady to go to the other side of the river to rescue her natal family.
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Mingyue's eye circles were swollen. In the past few days, she followed Su Yun to comfort people everywhere. What she saw and heard reminded him of his past experiences, and he shed tears almost all day long.
Su Lu interrupted the crying of the three women and asked: "Don't just care about the poor people. This is caused by the Qi government, but our food cannot be given in vain. In a few days, they will go to work and come to Jiangling."
Only by repairing docks and building cities can we have food."
Su Yun nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "I said, they will come to work here at Jiangling Pier. From now on, they will have food to eat every day, and their families can also arrange work, and they will all have food to eat. Except for some who really don't want to leave.
Most of the old men and women in the village are still willing to come."
Su Lu nodded, the Qi people's life was hard, but our Han army's life was not easy either. We didn't get much food from the Qi people, so we still had to find ways to buy food.
This time they defeated the Qi people and captured a lot of gold and silver. If you take any part of it, you can buy hundreds of thousands of stones of food, enough for the Han army.
It's a pity that it's hard to find a big grain merchant who is willing to sell grain. The Qin State doesn't need to think about it. The family is so poor that it's almost too late to open the pot. I contacted the Qi people in the Tang State several times but couldn't get a suitable price. It's such a delay.
There is no way to go down.
Zhou Yuan quickly entered the camp, with an annoyed look on his face, and complained to Su Lu:
"Commander Commander, the new imperial envoy sent by the imperial court is so annoying that he throws away the food as if it is free. I went to ask for some military rations from him, but he was so stingy that he was not willing to give it to him."
"He is mistreating our Han country. If our army has no food, how can we continue to maintain a stalemate with the Qi people?"
Just as Su Lu was about to ask him where the food came from, Tudun'er strode into the camp and said with a smile on his face:
"Your Majesty, this grandson Niba is back."
Niba came in with several mud monkey-like guards, each carrying a big baggage.
"I've met the prince!"
Several people knelt down in unison, their bodies filled with a chilling air, and the smell of blood was overwhelming.
Su Lu nodded, ordered them to get up, and asked people to watch their seats. Then he asked Niba: "Tudun said that you want to do a big thing for the boss. Tell me, how did you do?"
Niba chuckled and ordered a few of his men to bring the bundle up.
"It's not a big deal. Your Majesty, you defeated Kang'an's army. We followed up and looked for an opportunity to build Kang'an's camp south of Qingjiang River. Now it has been burned to ashes."
Su Lu was shocked when he heard this: "Although Kang'an was defeated in Qingjiangbei, it can be called a large camp. It requires tens of thousands of troops. You can handle it with just one battalion of the Imperial Guards. Isn't that bragging?"
Niba smiled at each other as he met several mud monkey-like imperial guards.
Zhao Zheng, a skinny and short captain of the Royal Guards, said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, our Imperial Guard trains according to the regulations you have given. We kill people and make sneak attacks. We cannot encounter opponents at all. There are not many soldiers in the Qi people's camp. It is said that there are ten thousand troops. In fact, most of them are empty and there are no soldiers at all.
, including those who are not in the military camp, there are only three thousand troops left in the main camp."
"We laid in wait for three days and three nights, assassinated people, poisoned people, started fires, and completely wiped out the three thousand troops. We also looted the Qi people's warehouse on the south bank. There was too much food and we couldn't get it back. We need to
Your Majesty, please send troops."
Su Lu nodded: "Okay, I will send troops right away. Your Imperial Guard Battalion has made great achievements. When the food, fodder and baggage are recalled, we will give you a reward."
"Is there any movement at the Qi people's court?"
Niba looked strange when he heard this, "I met Governor Li Ling on the road. Governor Li said that the news reported by Dingxiang Guards from all walks of life was very strange. The Qi court was indifferent to the loss of land. The military report sent by Kang An to the court arrived.
There is no reply yet."
In the camp, all the military captains looked at Niba in surprise. They had lost their country, but the Qi court was still indifferent!